![]() ![]() Neil Spring’s debut novel ‘The Ghost Hunters ’ scheduled to release October end is going to open the mansion gates that have been closed for a while now. It’s 2013 and another writer promises to revive not only the memories of the haunted mansion but also resurrect truths about Harry Price, the man responsible for creating a legend out of the Borley Rectory. All sightings, detailed reports, research studies and literary works by Price slowly accredited this dilapidated building the status of ‘The Most Haunted House in England’. ![]() ![]() It was around this time that Harry Price, a paranormal researcher and an expert conjuror was asked to assist Mirror’s reporter, Vernon Wall to investigate the mysteries of Borley. Things worsened in 1929 when Alexander Campbell, the editor of the Daily Mirror received a letter from The Smiths (the then occupants) asking for ‘help’ from the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). ![]() From the time it was built by Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull in 1862-63 to 1939 when the building was destroyed by fire and finally demolished in 1944 a series of paranormal events and alleged hauntings surfaced that affected generations of residents in Borley. Borley Rectory, a Victorian mansion situated near the east coast of England (near the Suffolk border) had an unpleasant history waiting to be known. We feel scared because we do not know, but nonetheless, want to uncover what's hidden. The realm of the ‘unknown’ and the ‘unexplained’ has always aroused a sense of curiosity often mixed with fear. ![]()
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